Just a few weeks more, and the days for which many of us live will be here. It’s as if we gladly do what we need to do for nine months of the year just so we can enjoy maybe three months chasing birds carrying our favorite guns with our favorite dogs leading the way. Whether it’s mourning dove, grouse, woodcock, pheasant or quail, the birds call us to the woods and hunting grounds and to leave the real world behind for an hour, a day, a week or however long we are out hunting. ...Read More >

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As Upland Almanac Editor Tom Carney was researching his article “Deciphering Dog Food Labels” (Summer 2020), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was conducting some research of its own. The upshot: You might want to think twice about feeding your dog some of the brands that advertise the most. ...Read More >

Syren USA is the division of Caesar Guerini USA that specializes in producing shotguns for women. To that end, Syren engineers guns to fit women’s anatomies and builds them with their body configurations in mind. One such gun, the Tempio field model, is elegant, balanced and soft hitting. At the same time, it is a serious shooting tool that doesn’t cut any corners with quality. ...Read More >